Case Study
Delivering a national critical infrastructure programme.
Deep Green Technologies | Lead Project & Commercial Management Consultancy
The client.
Deep Green Technologies is one of the United Kingdom's most forward-thinking companies. They design, build, and operate high-density computing facilities with a pioneering approach to sustainability: capturing waste heat and supplying it to local heating networks, turning what is traditionally an environmental cost into a community benefit.
Their programme is national in scope, with multiple facilities at various stages of development across the country. Each facility involves significant technical complexity, strict regulatory requirements, demanding timescales, and substantial capital investment. Deep Green's ambition is to build and operate a growing portfolio of these facilities over the coming years, making the need for a consultancy that could scale with them essential.
The brief.
Deep Green's programme is national in scope and growing. Multiple facilities progressing simultaneously, each at a different stage of development, each requiring consistent governance, integrated controls, and a single coherent view of performance across the portfolio.
Scale with consistency. As new sites are added, the governance framework, reporting standards, and delivery approach must remain constant. Every site managed to the same rigour as the first.
Full integration across every discipline. Each facility demands precise coordination across programme, commercial, procurement, design, and governance. Every decision carries consequences across time, quality, and cost simultaneously. Deep Green required a practice where those disciplines are not separated.
Speed without compromise. Deep Green operates with the pace of a technology company. The consultancy appointed to support them needed to match that without sacrificing rigour or governance.
The requirement was clear: consistent governance across a growing portfolio, full integration across every discipline of delivery, and the ability to move at the speed their business demands.
Our appointment.
Lestari was appointed as the lead Project and Commercial Management consultancy across the entire Deep Green programme. This is not a site-by-site appointment. It is a strategic partnership covering every facility, from the earliest feasibility work through to construction delivery and handover. Our scope covers the full spectrum of integrated delivery and commercial management:
| Discipline | Scope |
|---|---|
| Programme Management | Master programme development, critical path management, milestone tracking, and schedule risk assessment across all active sites. |
| Cost Management | Cost planning at every stage, cashflow forecasting, budget monitoring, change control, valuations, and final account management. |
| Procurement & Professional Team Management | Procurement strategy and appointment of the full professional team, including designers, engineers, specialist consultants, and statutory advisers. Tender documentation, analysis, contract negotiation, and contractor appointment. The complete golden thread maintained across every engagement. |
| Design Coordination | Design team management, technical review coordination, information requirements, and design programme integration. |
| Governance | Structured stage-gate approvals at every project phase, quality enforcement across all deliverables, and comprehensive audit trail. |
Our approach.
The defining feature of our approach on the Deep Green programme is integration. The same Lestari team manages programme, quality, and cost. There is no handoff between disciplines. There is no gap where information is lost or decisions are made without full awareness of the consequences across time, quality, and cost.
When a design change is proposed on any site, we assess its impact on programme, quality, and budget simultaneously. When a procurement decision is required, we evaluate the commercial implications alongside the programme consequences in the same conversation. This is not two teams collaborating. It is one team, with every discipline embedded in every decision.
This approach is underpinned by our proprietary intelligent platform, which provides the governance framework and data infrastructure for the entire programme. Every form, every approval, every cost movement is tracked within a single system. Our Automated Integrated Management System, structured around RIBA work stages with dependency-driven workflows, ensures that governance is enforced consistently across every site, regardless of which stage it is at.
What this delivers.
The integrated model produces tangible outcomes for Deep Green across their programme.
Consistent governance at scale.
Every site follows the same structured process, with stage-gate approvals enforced at each phase transition. As the portfolio grows, the governance scales with it. New sites are onboarded into the same system with the same rigour as the first.
Commercial decisions informed by programme reality.
Because programme, quality, and commercial management sit within the same team, commercial advice is never disconnected from delivery reality. Budget forecasts reflect the actual programme, not an assumption about it.
Faster, better-informed decision-making.
Every dimension of a proposed change is assessed simultaneously. Deep Green receive a single, complete answer that covers programme, commercial, procurement, and governance consequences in one conversation.
Reduced client management burden.
One consultancy appointment, one reporting line, one set of integrated information. Deep Green can focus on their business rather than managing the project.
A scalable model for a growing programme.
The combination of experienced professionals and an intelligent platform means the service scales without dilution. As Deep Green adds sites, the quality of governance and the consistency of approach remains constant.
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